F. H. Bradley Quotes

I'm fascinated by what makes up a self, how one becomes a self, how much is it an answer to others and how much is it an essence of self.

We live our lives based on who we think we are.

If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am.

I am not sultry. I don't know what I am.

Some people want to define themselves, and they should, as it's part of their identity. For me personally, I've never really had a label for myself.

Every act is an act of self definition.

Identity is this incredible invisible force that controls your whole life. It's invisible, like gravity is invisible, but it controls your whole life.

I don't really know what my personality is anyway. I don't really have one.

I know that I am what I am. But I am not sure what I am.

I've never, ever labeled myself.

I don't even know what my voice is to this day.

I couldn't put into a capsule one thing that represents me, I don't think.

I don't even know who I am. All I know is that I am the sibling, daughter, sister, the friend of somebody, and I need to know who I am outside of that.

I know what my identity is.

I've never thought of myself in terms of an identity. I'm always baffled when I encounter someone who gives the impression about being confident about a particular defined identity.

I'm not even sure who I really am sometimes.

We hear a lot about identity theft when someone takes your wallet and pretends to be you and uses your credit cards. But the more serious identity theft is to get swallowed up in other people's definition of you.

What I do and who I am are two different things. And they always will be.

Meg, when people don't know who they are, they are open either to being Xed, or Named

Wait a minute man, who do you think I am? He answered, Mr. Springsteen.

I am me, whatever that means. I am conscious.

A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing.

I see knowledge of self. I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.

I am really puzzled to understand myself.

People have different impressions of themselves, and where reality lies is somewhere in between.